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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The weights of the boxes of animal crackers coming off an assembly line differ slightly and form a normal distribution whose mean is 9.8 ounces and whose standard deviation is 0.6 ounces. Determine the number of boxes of animal crackers in a shipment of 5,000 boxes that are expected to weigh more than 11 ounces.
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Find the z-score.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28z%3E2%29=1-0.97725=0.02275\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"N=5000%280.02275%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"N=113.75\"
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\n" ); document.write( "114 boxes.
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